Annotation:'A' and 'E' Waltz

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'A' AND 'E' WALTZ. AKA "A & E Waltz." American, Canadian; Waltz (9/8 or 3/4 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. ABA (Phillips, Silberberg, Williams): ABCA'B'C' {part 'C' is a variation of 'A' played at the octave} (Gibbons). “A and E Waltz” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. It has been attributed to fiddler Rusty Modrell (1916-1995), according to Stuart Williams. Modrell was born in Filer, Idaho, but raised in Pendleton and Redmond, Oregon,where he owned an upholstery shop. He was a founding member of the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association and a former state champion. Some Northwest fiddlers have played it in the keys of B flat and F, calling it the "Paradise Waltz."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Arthur Lindstrom (British Columbia), who learned it during a fiddle contest in Weiser, Idaho in 1970 [Gibbons]; Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg]; Lloyd Wanzer [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Gibbons (As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia), 1982; No. 8, pp. 22‑24. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 236. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002, p. 1. Stuart Williams (The Evergreen Fiddler, vol. 2), 2006; p. 9.

Recorded sources : - Allen, Harold, Fiddlin' Around, American Heritage ST 105, LP (197?). Allen, Harold, National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Folk Music Festival 1969, NOTFC 69, LP (1969). McDaniel, Ivan, Eastern Oregon Fiddlers - 1969, EOF, LP (1969). Sims, Leroy, Sims Family Presents Country Music, Spirit Arrow LP 203-101, LP (197?). Wanzer, Loyd, Waltz Wonderland, American Heritage AH401 9, LP (197?). Williams, Vivian, Waltzes, Voyager 351 (2001).

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